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Do Good and Evil Will Not Find a Way Into Your Soul
If you want to create change, remember, actions speak louder than words, thoughts, or feelings
Each of us only has the time and energy for a limited number of things. While we cannot control much of what goes on in our lives, we can control how we react to external events.
When we fill our thoughts with negativity, that can fill our lives with anger, pain, sorrow, and frustration. However, life doesn’t have to be that way.
We can choose to fill our minds with positive thoughts and emotions. We can choose to use kind words when we speak to people. This doesn’t mean we are dishonest, but it means we choose our words carefully. It is possible to be honest without being hurtful.
But the most important thing — action.
In the book of James it says:
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? (James 2:15–17, KJV)
This is a call to action. Yes, we can pray for that person, and we should, but we should also act. Maybe we don’t have the financial means to do much to…